convoluted 音標拼音: [k'ɑnvəl
, utəd]
a . 旋繞的;回旋狀的
旋繞的;迴旋狀的
convoluted adj 1 :
rolled longitudinally upon itself ; "
a convolute petal "
[
synonym : {
convolute }, {
convoluted }]
2 :
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious ; "
the Byzantine tax structure "; "
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship "; "
convoluted legal language ";
"
convoluted reasoning "; "
the plot was too involved "; "
a knotty problem "; "
got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering ";
"
Oh ,
what a tangled web we weave "-
Sir Walter Scott ;
"
tortuous legal procedures "; "
tortuous negotiations lasting for months " [
synonym : {
Byzantine }, {
convoluted }, {
involved },
{
knotty }, {
tangled }, {
tortuous }]
Convoluted \
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a .
1 .
Having convolutions .
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1913 Webster ]
beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram '
s horn .
--
Pennant .
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2 .
Folded in tortuous windings .
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A highly convoluted brain . --
North Amer .
Rev .
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coiled \
coiled \ (
koild ),
adj .
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals ;
as ,
a coiled snake ready to strike ;
the rope lay coiled on the deck .
Opposite of {
uncoiled }.
Note : [
Narrower terms : {
coiling ,
helical ,
spiral ,
spiraling ,
volute ,
voluted ,
whorled }; {
convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself };{
curled ,
curled up };
{
involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured )}; {
looped ,
whorled }; {
twined ,
twisted };
{
convoluted }; {
involute ,
rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud :
having margins rolled inward )}; {
wound }]
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